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مَرَرْتُ بِأَحْمَدِكُمْ
مَرَرْتُ: past verb with attached first-person subject. بِ: preposition. أَحْمَدِ: genitive noun with a visible kasrah, functioning as muḍāf. كُمْ: attached pronoun in the genitive position of muḍāf ilayh.

The construction restores kasrah in the genitive even though Aḥmad normally behaves as a diptote name.

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Restoring Declension: Indefinite Names, Al- and Iḍāfah

مَرَرْتُ بِأَحْمَدِكُمْ
مَرَرْتُ: past verb with attached first-person subject. بِ: preposition. أَحْمَدِ: genitive noun with a visible kasrah, functioning as muḍāf. كُمْ: attached pronoun in the genitive position of muḍāf ilayh.

The construction restores kasrah in the genitive even though Aḥmad normally behaves as a diptote name.